a

CARE

(2) Number and percent of registered live births by type of attendant, Trust Territory
districts, 1967 (by district of residence of mother)

ich hospital.
are under the supervision of the district
in all hospitals, and leprosy control clinics
1¢ district. A diabetes mellitus clinic is
hypertension clinic in one, eye clinics in
districts.

District

Type of attendant

Phy sician

NUMBER
Mariana Islands ......
Marshall Islends .....
Palau ..cccsceeevees

y. Facilities are provided in one other lo“erritory.
ire dispensaries ond health aide posts under
tide is stationed at each, except for four in
ich are staffed by graduate nurses. Following
4 aide posts in each administrative district:

Graduate
nurse

Hea Ith or

nurse aide

339
236
345

96
118
24

15
394
7

Midwife’

Total

Other

-22
48

45]
775
424

Ponape.....ccceceees

67

208

43

120

616

Truk occ ece cee eeeceee
YOP wi cacecccccaeeess

199
89

32
65

33
15

442
57

803
232

Total wsecsesscues

1,275

543

507

689

3,301

75.2
30.5
81.4

21.3
15.2
2.7

3.3
50.8
1.4

.2
.6
-

“+
2.8
17.3

100
100
100

Ponape ...sccceesees

10.9

33.8

7.0

28.9

19.5

100

Truk

.ccccccccecauce

24.8

4.0

4.]

|

55.0

100

Yap wcacccnucvcenece

38.4

28.0

6.5

2.6

24.6

100

Total ...c ccc cece

38.6

16. 4

15.4

8.7

20.9

100

PERCENT

Mariana Islands ......
Marshall Islands....-.
Palaus.cecccccaseces

D CHILD HEALTH

"Graduate nurses"’ are graduates of a 2-year training schoo! for nurses in the Trust Territory.

‘epartum clinics were held twice a week in

b Traditional village midwives, most of whom have had some training at district hospitals,

Some postpartum examinations were

(3) Number and percent of registered live births in hospital, dispensary, and at home,
Trust Territory districts, 1967 (by district of residence of mother)

maternity clinics and well-baby conferences
the table below. Well-baby conferences are
There were head start health pro-

Place of birth
District

field hospital out-patient clinic or to a dis-

mity clinics and well-baby conferences
1967 through June 1968

vie

Well-baby Conference

andances

Cases

Attendances

T, 806
1,052
1, 799
1, 162
1, 308
1, 063

453
100
381
418
364
149

2, 129
183
1, 320
1, 139
973
840

8, 190

1, 865

6, 584

District
hospital

Field
hospital®

Dispensa
spensary

H

ome

Total

NUMBER
Mariana Islands .....
Marshall fslands.....
Palau ..eeeeececnee
Ponape ..csecacaees
Truk pesca cecccrees
Yap .esecceess seees

400
225
363
220
253
153

32
199
-45
---

16
184
5
6
-7

3
167
56
345
550
72

45]
775
424
616
803
232

Total ...ceceeees

1, 614

276

218

1, 193

3,301

PERCENT
Mariana Islands ....,

88.7

7.1

3.5

0.7

100

Marshall Islands ....
Palau... eces screens
Ponape ...ceeeeeees
Truk cca cccncnevees
Yop cc ccceceanceces

29.0
85.6
35.7
31.5
65.9

25.7
-7.3
---

23.7
1.2
1.0
-3.0

21.5
13. 2
56. 0
68. 5
31.

100
100
106
100
100

Total . ccc ceeeee

48.9

8.4

6.6

36. |

190

‘includes three field or sub-haspitals: an Ebeye (Marshall islands District), Kusaie (Ponape District),
and Reta (Marioena Islands District).

Public Health

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